[sword-devel] Markdown?

[Michael H]

It would make more sense to add another file in the FTP structure, like a
defined "read me," index, or "about" file designed for humans, instead of
expanding the conf file.

The .conf file is supposed to be a standardized file for the benefit of
machines.  It makes a lot of sense to segregate a bunch of machine settings
from a broad scope markup language.

Security/Stability
1. Allowing broad spectrum markup languages (html, html5, xml) into a
machine readable config file seems a huge security hole.
2. Putting human readable text itno a file designed for machines is asking
for manual edits.

Enhanced usability
3. implemented properly, this provides information in even the most basic
forms of access (like command line windows.)

On Mon, Jan 28, 2019, 3:54 PM DM Smith <dmsmith at crosswire.org wrote:

> Changes need to be added to the engine first. No sense having a module
> that would otherwise work on an earlier version of the engine be blocked by
> having such a change in the conf. Then the question of which markdown and
> of that what subset.
>
> We’ve had support for other compression types for years now, but we still
> won’t release a module that is compressed with a different compression.
>
> In Him,
>         DM
>
> > On Jan 28, 2019, at 4:17 PM, David Haslam <dfhdfh at protonmail.com> wrote:
> >
> > Further to the earlier discussion about HTML in module .conf files, what
> would it take to support Markdown for some of the keys such as About?
> >
> > David
> >
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